Staff Challenge: National Patient Safety Goals
Accreditation Insider, May 6, 2014
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What additional steps, besides the use of two patient identifiers, are required when preparing to administer blood or blood products?
Answer: NPSG #1 states at least the following should be involved in your process:
• Match blood or blood product to the order
• Match the patient to the blood or blood product
• Use a two-person verification process unless you are using technology such as bar coding
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